Scotty McCreery's EP
finally stopped increasing in sales, but still sold a very solid 14,000 units to land him #29 on the BillBoard album charts with total sales of 133,000. This is at week number 7 within the Top 30 for him which is pretty impressive. Lauren Alaina also saw strong sales of 5,000 units this week (total of 58,000) which lowered her BillBoard ranking to #76, further separating her from Haley Reinhart and James Durbin who continue to stay very close together in sales. This week both of them sold about 4,000 units, with Haley landing at #123 and James at #129. Both of them are now at or near the 50,000 sales point. The total sales for the four EP's is now approaching 300,000 units.
Scotty hit a new landmark this week by
topping 500,000 in downloads for "I Love You This Big", so it should be certified Gold. Who would have thought that song would have done so well? Lauren's "Like My Mother Does" is very near the quarter million point (247,000) so she is half way there as well. With both of their albums being released in less than two months, the strong response of their debut singles should help their album sales in October. Incidentally both albums are now available for pre-order at Amazon.com, and Scotty's "
Clear As Day" is currently ranked #11 in sales of all albums and Lauren's "
Wildflower" is listed at #65. If interest in their music can keep up for two more months there are going to be some very happy executives at Interscope Records!
